After George Floyd being murdered by police, midwxst made this song to speak out against police brutality towards some African-Americans such as Breonna Taylor. Here, midwxst uses several references of these African-Americans' causes of deaths, such as the lyric line “Will I pass away from a glass s...
[Intro]
(hauhwii, run it up)
[Chorus]
I been had these thoughts as of late
I've been staying up, to the man, you know I pray
Black people getting killed, it happens every single day
I'm at loss of words, I don't even know what I should fucking say
I don't know if I will become a new number
Will I pass away from a glass shatter in my slumber?
I don't go outside a lot 'cause I always fucking wonder
Will I die today? End up six feet down and under
[Interlude: Martin Luther King Jr.]
Sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood
I have a dream
[Verse]
They say that we don't matter, no
Serving up our heads to the police on a platter now
Didn't do a thing, but our blood is being splattered now
Now you niggas care and all of the sudden this shit matter now
Oh, this shit matter now
Hands up in the air, I told you not to shoot
Three shots go off, the bullets going through
A black man dead, but this is nothing new
I could get shot for just tying my shoe
Trayvon and Arbery, how many more are there gonna be
Tryna survive in a fucked up and flawed society
Knee on my neck, I can't breathe, no, I can't fucking breathe
Open your eyes, all my people wonder, you gon' see
Run away from the truth and the facts right in front of your face
Know that you don't wanna see, I know that you afraid
You don't believe me but look at how we was betrayed
Opened our arms, then they turned us into fucking slaves
Remember my daddy told me "Hands on the wheel"
Don't look into their eyes, they're ready to kill
Don't give an attitude, stay calm and just stay still
Don't ever say a thing, you know just how I feel
Scared of my own skin, can't even show emotion
Will I even grow up to the age, will I be voting?
Problems keep on getting bigger, big as the damn ocean
Tired of all the homicide and choppa, pistol toting
Don't know how many times I gotta say
It's hard to confront this every single day
I'm trying to change this shit, I try, I pray
Will I end up in the system? When's my trial day?
[Chorus]
I been had these thoughts as of late
I've been staying up, to the man, you know I pray
Black people getting killed, it happens every single day
I'm at loss of words, I don't even know what I should fucking say
I don't know if I will become a new number
Will I pass away from a glass shatter in my slumber?
I don't go outside a lot 'cause I always fucking wonder
Will I die today? End up six feet down and under
[Outro: Martin Luther King Jr.]
One day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character
Wonder [I Have A Dream] was written by midwxst.
midwxst released Wonder [I Have A Dream] on Thu May 28 2020.